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King James Version (KJV)
“In our prayers we talk to God, in our Bible study God talks to us, and we had better let God do most of the talking.”
— D.L. Moody
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Then David the king stood up upon his feet, and said, Hear me, my brethren, and my people: [As for me], I [had] in mine heart to build an house of rest for the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and for the footstool of our God, and had made ready for the building:
1 Chronicles 28:2 — KJV
Upon his feet. Because of David’s age and physical weakness it had probably not been expected that he would be able to address the assemblage in person.
My brethren, and my people. By these words David desired his people to understand that he recognized all Israel as near of kin to himself — that the whole nation was one large family of which David was considered the head (see 1 Sam. 30:23; 2 Sam. 19:12).
In mine heart. Compare ch. 22:7. David’s one great ambition had been to build the Temple as a permanent home for the ark of the Lord.
Footstool. The idea of worshiping at God’s footstool is expressed in Ps. 99:5; 132:7.
Had made ready. This verse seems to imply that David had begun preliminary preparations before the prohibition was announced.
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